Commercial.

Western Star, Issue 944, 2 May 1885, Page 2

Commercial.

— + •'Customs Revenue collected at Riverton during the week ending Ist May, 1885 Tobacco , I -Mi 0 Spirits ... HI Gold 1 6 11 i I' i: ) —— ■ £l4, ‘ 8 1 PRICES CURRENT ,j I WHOXEBAXB. » Butter fresh, 9d per lb Salt butter, 8d ■ Cheese (provincial) 4|d per lb Bacon, 8d Hams (provincial) 10d do Potatoes 3s Eggs, Is 3d per dozen V Oats, Is 6d Wheat, 4s Flour (Otago) £Blos per ton Adelaide flour, none , , ' Rivertcn flour, £8 _ . Pearl barley, £23 do ■ > •' Pollard, £5 ‘R’ffl.n j -• .. Oaten hay (new), £2 15s Chaff, £3 Straw, £2 • Onions, none. " am Ail. Fresh butler, lid per lb oik. Rutter (potted), lOd Cheese (Pror-mml), 6-1 do . .Onions, 2d per lb • ,i! ' Hams (Provincial), Is do Eggs, Is 6d per dozen , Potatoes, 4s 6d per cwt. Oats, ls9d per bushel ■'■ ‘ Barley, none clour, £9 10? Bacon (Provincial), 101 per lb. Chaff, 4s 6d per cwt. .. , 7 Bran,, Is>per bushel. ; > jl L I I ♦ DUNEDIN MARKETS. , Buensidb, April 29. ■ v ’ pat Cattle.—l 69 head forward, the larger portion of which were medium quality only, with a few pens good to prime and a number of light and inferior. Owing to the trade 1 having stocks on hand, the supply, though i small, proved to be in excess of requirements; ' consequently competition was languid, and • prices slightly in favor of buyers. Best bullocks brought from £7 5s to £9 2s 6d; medium, £6 7s 6d to £7 10s; inferior, £4 10s to £6. Prime beef, 20s per 1001 b ; medium, 15s to 17s 6d. ‘ , .. Fat Calves.—Only three penned, and sold at up to 18s each.' Fat Sheep.—372s penned, of which 68 were merinos. The excessive number forward and the unfavorable weather, which no doubt ■ limited the attendance of buyers, resulted in ' • the most sluggish market during the past : • two'years.- Butchers bought very sparingly, and but for the purchases 'for freezing and operations by a few graziers fully half the supply must have been turned out unsold. I' 4 -* As 1 it was prime crossbred wethers receded Is 6d per head from last week’s prices, and numbers were turned out, vendors declining to submit to the concession. Medium quality and old ewes were from 2s co 3s per head lower, old and inferior ewes being almost • 5 ‘unsaleable, and ultimately numbers remained unsold. All qualities were represented. Best wethers brought 13s 6d to Iss—one pen extra prime 16s 6d; medium, 11s 6d to 13s; inferior, 8s 3d to 10s 6d; ewes, 6s 9d to 11s Fat Lambs.—Forty-nine penned, and sold at 7s 9d to 9s. Pigs.—Demand fairly good, but prices easier. 33 sold at 30s to 61s; 42 bacon pigs at from 40s to 565; 66 porkers at from 26s to 345, and 15 suckers at from 6s to 9s. Store Sheep. —There are still inquiries for crossbreds of both sexes and young merino ewes Wright, Stephenson, and Go. have sold , ""privately'during tbe week‘soo half-bred ewes ’ at 13s 6d, and at auction 3000 merino culls at 4s to 6s 6d, and 2000 crossbred lambs at Bs. Stud Sheep.—Wright, Stephenson, and Co. ’held an important sale of Down Sheep on ac- ’■ count of Messrs Craig and Wylie, with the following result 2 8-tooth Southdown rams at 4<rs each; 3 2-tooth do do at 3gs; 7 ram lambs (Southdown), ligs each ;6i 2 : and 4tooth Southdown ewes, 50s each ; 43 6 and 8 tooth do do, 41s each; 32 6,and 8-tooth,do . 37b 6d each; 1 Hampshire ‘ Down ram, 72s 6d; 13 do do ewes, 42s each.—(Note. — The sale of Messrs H. Driver’s Southdown rams in last report at 50s each should have been £5 5s each.) Sheepskins- —The usual weekly sales on Monday were well attended and, with spirited competition, especially for green crossbreds, prices improved slightly. Dry crossbreds, low •" to medium, brought Is 7d to 2s 6dj. fullwool, 3s 9d to 4s 2d ; dry merinos, low. to medium, la 6d to 3s; full-wool, 3s 3d to 4s sd; green merinos; Is' 6d 'to 2a- sd; green crossbreds, Is Ud to 2s sd; pelts 3d te Is; lambskins Is 4d,to 2s Bd. . , r Ratibitskins in moderate demand, but few consignments offering.- Sales have been—feu..keys, 4id ; summer skins, 6id to 7Sd ; 1 lidge, iOi. . Hides. —Market bare, and prices firm at late quotations.! ' , Tallow. —A limited business has oeen done at al?out late quotations, say—26s to: 27s for prime rendered ; 23s to 25s 6d for medium ; inferior, 20s ; rough fat is in better demand, at from 14s 10 18s per Cwt. Grain. —From the Melbourne Argus’ commercial article, Wednesday,! 22nd dust., we extract, the following Wheat: o*iiig to Home advices the demand is not so brisk, but

holders are firm, and will not accept concessions on late rates. Large quantities are in speculators’ hands, who hold tor a rise, and as country sales are light, they are enabled to hold their position. On Tuesday 500 bags sold at 3s 10d, f.o b. ; but a smilar offer for a lar«e’line was refused. At auction a small quantity sold at 3s 8)d ; and privately 1000 ba-es at 3s 9d, a small ml being qui t. d at 3s fair oemuu-i. At .•iqb(io.i> 20ou bags were sold <it fr .un 3.- 9£d U, ? uu.i re. u, up°io : 3s for b.ight si«utj • Prime ■••..a.:i» fi barley bring’ 4s fid ; pt as, 3s 3 j ; and maize 4' 2fcd per .bushel. Dunedin. — Wheat : Market couunu>'a to harden, and prices for all descriptions are tirm. Prime milling velvet and Tuscan is wo<-th from 3s 3d to 3s 4-ad ; select parcels, 3s 5d ; do Tuscan, 3s 34d to 3s 4d ; red straw, 3s to 3s 3d ; medium, 2s 9d to 2s lid ; fowl wheat, 2s to 2a 7d per bushel. Oats* in fair demand, but prices are slightly easier. Shippers continue to operate freely, but only prime milling and short bright feed are much sought after; while long Danish and discolored lots are dull of sale. Quotations T Heavy milling, Is 9d; bright short feed Is 8d to Is B£d; fair feed, Is 7*d; long and Danish, Is 7d; discoloured, Is fid per

—Prime malting is worth 3s fid to •Ss 9d ; medium, 3s to 3s 3d ; inferior and feed, 2S td to 2s 9d (bags extra). To atoes.—A fair demand for sound Der--wents, and some inquiry for export. Lest Derwenis a?o worth, up to 60s, and kidneys

for seed 55s per ton. y Horse Market.—Messrs Wright, Stephen*’r"sou, and Co, report as follows:—The supply ' fo sale was a small one, principally „• aealers’ lots. Business sonsequeutly was slack but for any good youug draughts forward there was a brisk demaml at slightly advanced rates. W e (juote first class draughts at from £27 to £32 ; medium, £l7 to £23 ; good backs and liorees, £io to.

£2O; medium, £lO to £l2 j light and inferior £2 to £6. ; ■ ■■ : ' ... -• ; |‘• ■; ~ ( y.':i i, ’ Melbourne, April 28. The Manager of the National Mortgage and Agency Company (Limited), New Zealand, reports of the local market as follows: Wheat, market excited,- 3s lOd to 3s lid. Oats: New Zealand feed, oats in fair demand at 2s' 9d to 3s; ditto milling, rather more inquiry at reduced prices—latest quotations, 3s to 3s 2d. New Zealand oats (under bond) 2s to 2s 4d. . Barley neglected, 3s 6d to 4s sd. Ryegrass seed in greater demand at slightly improved rates. , ;! !